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Health Briefs, April 27, 2010

The Dartmouth Atlas Project has launched a new website, http://www.dartmouthatlas.org, to provide comprehensive information and analysis about national, regional and local health care markets, as well as individual hospitals and their affiliated physicians.

New highlights include:

Access to the Dartmouth Atlas’ database allows users to create maps, charts and tables that can be downloaded and incorporated into reports and presentations.

The website also features case studies that highlight how Dartmouth Atlas data have been used by other researchers and groups to explore variations in use among local areas, health systems and hospitals, and the ability to browse through 14 years of archived media coverage.

Youths with HELP work on biking and hiking trails in the Tabaguache and North Fruita Desert Trail systems. Over the past seven years, HELP has dedicated thousands of volunteer hours teaching trail building to youth in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management. Now, many of these youth are discovering their first paid job experience.

In addition to work skills, the youths receive career counseling, mentoring and an opportunity to work on a lasting project.

Hilltop also has received a $330,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to be used over the next three years in programs in Mesa, Delta, Montrose and Ouray counties. The money will be allocated across four programs: B4 Babies & Beyond, Uncompahgre Prenatal Program, Tandem Families and Family First. The programs support building healthy families, including helping to secure health insurance for children or teach young parents healthy parenting skills.